Rise With Resilience

Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate differences in postoperative pain, physical health, and mental health outcomes between participants receiving evidence-based mindfulness training and those who do not.

Over 200,000 injuries are estimated to occur among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes annually. For many, these injuries can be season-ending, exacerbating physical, mental, and social well-being. Student-athletes face distinctive challenges compared to traditional students, such as balancing academic and athletic demands, pressures to perform well on and off the field, and the physical demands of competition, all of which can lead to worse mental and emotional outcomes if not properly managed. Injuries heighten stress levels among athletes, remove them from competition, and force students to integrate treatment regimens into already packed academic schedules.

Conditions

• Athletic Injuries
• Sport Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Community Resiliency Model (CRM)

CRM is an evidence-based mindfulness approach that provides patients with a biological perspective on behavioral health and stress reactions. CRM teaches six (6) mindfulness-based skills to address body sensation perception to attenuate symptoms of stress and anxiety, which in turn contribute to reducing pain and stress response. Trained specialists will introduce mindfulness skills to athletes, educate them on how to apply the skills, and observe athletes practicing the skills via Zoom®. Participants will be randomized to work with a mindfulness specialist at the baseline visit for 90 minutes and at follow-up visits for 15-30 minutes over Zoom®. The team's mindfulness specialists will deliver the evidence-based mindfulness training.

OTHER

Control

Participants will receive written discharge instructions on postoperative pain management interventions given to all patients seeking care at Emory. The handout includes guidance on when to take prescribed pain medications and how to implement non-pharmacological pain management approaches, such as cryotherapy or aroma therapy. To mitigate attention biases, study staff and clinical staff will meet with control arm participants at each follow-up visit for 15-30 minutes to review the handout. This minimally enhanced usual care attention-based control group design has been successfully utilized in other trials to mitigate biases and dropouts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Collegiate Athletic Association - NCAA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Emory University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nicholas A Giordano, PhD, RN · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

26 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-11-01

Primary Completion

2027-10-31

Completion

2027-10-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations